Weekly News and Notes
From the Duke Global Health Institute
Greetings!
The Duke Global Health Institute has 24 of the top leaders in global health education, research, service and policy as members of the Institute faculty. We are pleased to announce another addition, David Boyd from Vanderbilt, who will be joining the Institute in July. Read more about David below.
This week also brings more summer opportunities in global health for students, and funding opportunities for faculty. See below for details.
Finally, DGHI is pleased to welcome Dalton Conley of New York University to the University Seminar on Global Health Thursday, Feb. 19. The title of his talk is "Malaria and the Demographic Transition in Africa." On Friday, we will co-host the "Managing Toxic Risks for Global Health Symposium" at the Searle Center. Don't miss these opportunities to get engaged.
Send us your global health news and events. Email me at gseaford@duke.edu. Until next week,
Geelea Seaford and Everyone at DGHI |
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David Boyd joins DGHI as Associate Professor of the Practice
The Duke Global Health Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of David Boyd as Associate Professor of the Practice. Boyd is currently an associate professor and associate director at Vanderbilt's Center for Medicine, Health and Society. He is an expert in global health, cross-cultural medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine.
"I am thrilled that David has joined the global health community at Duke," said Michael Merson, director of the Duke Global Health Institute. "His reputation as an outstanding teacher and his experience in leading undergraduate activities in global health will be invaluable as the Institute continues to build its education and service-learning programs."
Prior to his post at Vanderbilt, Boyd was executive director of the Center for Health and Healing at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles. At St. Vincent's, he focused on integrating complementary medical services into health care for low-income patients with chronic and terminal illnesses and engaged in hospital-based programs, community health outreach, and intervention for multiple ethnic and immigrant populations. Trained in traditional Chinese medicine at the Pacific Institute of Oriental Medicine in New York, Boyd holds a PhD in medieval studies from Yale University and has completed postgraduate clinical training in China.
Boyd's partner, Laurence R. Helfer, professor of law and director of the International Legal Studies Program at Vanderbilt Law School, will join the Duke University School of Law as professor of law and co-director of the Duke Center for International and Comparative Law, effective July 2009.
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News and Announcements
The Symptoms of Public Health Policy: Invisible Injuries, the Gendered Body and the LawFebruary 27, 2009 - 8:00 AM- 4:00 PM
A conference at the Duke University School of Law on Feb. 27, 2009 will explore the intersection of law and public health, with particular emphasis on gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. "Symptoms of Public Health Policy: Invisible Injuries, the Gendered Body and the Law" is sponsored by the Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy. It will be held at the Duke Law School on Duke's West campus. Professor Kim Blankenship of the Duke Global Health Institute will moderate the program. View complete program.
DGHI Now Accepting Applications for Web and Multimedia Manager
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Student Opportunities
New Summer 2009 Opportunities
DGHI Summer 2009 Global Health Opportunity DGHI is developing a new projects with partners in Kenya, India and Ghana. These new projects will require some level of investigation and development by the student to set-up, and have possibilities for participation in Summer 2009. Students can explore various funding options such as DGHI grants, other Duke resources, or self-funding. Contact gh-fieldwork@duke.edu with a resume to apply or for questions. INDIA
Opportunity to work at India's premiere medical institution, AIIMS, on a variety of projects that have community and patient interaction as well as potential for lab-based work and analysis. Project possibilities include: --Project on Hematological studies in Down syndrome patients. --Follow up of Lysosomal storage disease (LSD) patients who are on therapy to look at natural history of disease and treatment interventions. --Work with registered glycogen storage disease (GSD) patients at the Gastro & Genetics Clinic to review and record outcome details, take blood for genotyping and if interested, participate in the lab and test common mutations. More info here, http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://globalhealth.duke.edu%2Feducation-fieldwork%2Ffieldwork%2Fcurrent-dghi-fieldwork-projects%23newopps GHANAParticipate with Family Health International on a malaria project (Mobilize Against Malaria) in the Ashanti region. FHI's approach that includes working with licensed sellers of over-the-counter drugs to improve symptom recognition, referral, and treatment for malaria. FHI also uses behavior change communication and social mobilization to increase malaria symptom recognition and overall health-seeking behaviors among pregnant women and the general community. More info here, http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://globalhealth.duke.edu%2Feducation-fieldwork%2Ffieldwork%2Fcurrent-dghi-fieldwork-projects%23newopps KENYAMonitoring and Evaluation. Opportunities for 1 graduate student and 1 undergraduate to conduct outcome evaluations for specific HOPE worldwide Kenya in particular sites around Kenya from July through to August. Students will generate tools for data collection, collect data from the program site, effectively store and analyze data and generate a report. More info here, http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://globalhealth.duke.edu%2Feducation-fieldwork%2Ffieldwork%2Fcurrent-dghi-fieldwork-projects%23HOPEKenya
CHINA
Deadline: March 2 - Dream Corps is recruiting 30 to 40 international volunteers in participate in its 2009 Summer Volunteer Program in rural villages and urban migrant communities in China. Volunteers will take part in activities that include building basic library infrastructures; developing library management system; reading programs; English teaching; facilitating community initiatives and projects; and community understanding. For details, click here.
NORTH CAROLINA
Health Inequalities Program, Deadline February 27
The health inequalities program is looking for interns for multiple projects, including The Regional Health Information Integration Project, Carolina Alcohol and Drug Expansion Team (CADET), and a general Health Inequalities student internship. View the full description for more information. * * *
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Faculty Opportunities
Calls for Proposals, Abstracts, and Applications
Duke / Duke-NUS GMS Research Collaboration Duke School of Medicine and Duke-NUS GMS in Singapore are pleased to announce a call for proposals for research initiatives that support areas of collaboration between faculty based in North Carolina with those based in Singapore. The ultimate goal of this program is the development of international research teams that advance Signature Research Programs or Clinical Research Programs conducted jointly by faculty of the two medical schools. Letter of Intent is due by April 1, 2009.
Use of Research Evidence - William T. Grant Foundation
The William T. Grant Foundation, which focuses its work on improving the lives of youth between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States, has announced a new Request for Proposals on Understanding the Acquisition, Interpretation, and Use of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice.
World of Children Awards Program, Deadline April 17, 2009
The World of Children Awards program recognizes individuals who make a difference in the lives of children across the globe. The program is designed to honor these leaders and provide them with funds to support the proven high-impact programs they have created in the fields of health, education, hunger, and human rights. Grants will be given to nonprofits associated with the honorees. The 2009 Humanitarian Award will provide a grant of up to $50,000 in recognition of an individual who has made a significant lifetime contribution to children in the areas of social services, education, or humanitarian services.
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Visit our website for more faculty funding opportunities.
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Upcoming Events
February 18 »5:30
Griffith Theater - Bryan University Center, Duke
Samuel DuBois Cook Society Lecture:
Bob Herbert, New York Times,A Call to Civic Engagement
February 18 » 5:30
SSRI, Duke
Race, Genetics and Health Seminar Series:
David Goldstein, Race and Pharmacogenetics
February 19 » 4:30
John Hope Franklin Center - Room 240 University Seminar on Global Health:
Dalton Conley, NYU, Malaria and the Demographic Transition in Africa
February 19» 5:30 North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 15 TW Alexander Dr, RTP
One Health Seminar Series:
Drs. Zhi Liu and Theirry Olivry
Autoimmune Skin Blisters - similar in humans and animals?
February 20 »
Searle Conference Center SYMPOSIUM: Managing Toxic Risks for Global Health
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